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Christopher Santucci

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  1. If shooting a feature with the potential for projection and shooting on a 1/3" chip camera, I'm guessing the least noisiest option is the best option.
  2. It's widely accepted that "B Press" is the least noisy of the gamma settings and that 1080p is less noisy than 720p from that camera.
  3. "Pixelshift is not upsampling." http://www.hdforindies.com/2005/11/latest-...hvx200-1080-res
  4. Yeah, the BPress gamma setting.
  5. You could post an entire feature on one computer in your bedroom, which you could do even if originating on film, but if you're budgeting for a "film finish" you might want to really consider NOT doing that and gambling on spending more money on shooting the film instead on a format that gives you more money to put on the screen. Because, when you say "low budget," having it on film won't help nearly as much as production design, a great cast, and especially TIME in the shooting schedule.
  6. I agree with Adamo. And I'd add that unless you have a significant cast and/or budget, why overextend yourself by shooting film? And the statement "35mm would be the best" is debatable since it really also depends upon your story/script as to what suits it best. HD, even from a good prosumer camera is potentially high enough in quality for an ultimate filmout and definitely high enough in quality for DVD. I think you need to ask yourself what is most likely to occur, theatrical distribution or distribution on DVD?
  7. Exactly. And what if the distributors did the math and it figured the cost of shuttling cans of film all over the place could be offset by the use of digital projectors by a lot because a digital file on a medium that could be held in the palm of the hand could be mailed for a few bucks, then what?
  8. Shoot in 1080pa with BPress and lower master pedestal.
  9. He makes a lot of relevant points. The only thing he's leaving out is the fact that if you originate on 35mm film and do a DI, you're still ahead the game compared to originating on HD. But I'd guess HD is a mere 2 or 3 years away from rivaling even 35mm film completely especially when theaters start replacing film projectors.
  10. I used the Cavision shoulder pad and handgrips on the redrock rails on the last DV feature I did. We had 2 cameras running the whole time and after a while we started to not even use the shoulder pad and instead rested the baseplate on our shoulders. The shoulder pad is nice to have since you have surfaces to mount wireless units and batteries to.
  11. Those practical lamps are WAY underrated for an extra measure of safety. As long as the shade isn't too close to the bulb, you should be fine up to 300 watts, possibly 500 watts. I like to use the JDD type jacketed halogen globes: http://www.lightbulbsdirect.com/page/001/CTGY/JDD+Type Or these: http://www.buylighting.com/Photoflood-s/164.htm
  12. You can make a round face less round with a cross-key source, especially if you flag a little of the light falling on the face from the lit side. You can also use the longest focal length lens possible to make a round face less round.
  13. You could try and work the range so a luma key is possible for the window, OR rig a small blue or greenscreen outside the window. Then shoot a plate shot of the skyline from the window.
  14. Yeah... and they currently have a spokesperson working the dvxuser forum on Panasonic's behalf and it seems to be working pretty well. .
  15. Far be it for me to tell someone they're not happy when they say they are, but I'm guessing there's a fair amount of "happy" Red customers who base their happiness in part on things that don't have to do with holding a fully functional camera system in their hands. I'm guessing they are trying to foster a community of user/customers who can interact and make development and testing of the Red camera happen not to mention using the web as a tool for marketing and sales at the same time. Too bad it goes both ways, when "the people" can talk freely, ALL the grievances and dirt get aired. Well... I think dvxuser.com is working pretty well for Panasonic now... Trying to involve their customers and potential customers in their marketing and R&D scheme without delivering the goods will to a large extent be the nail in Red's coffin I think. Hope and promises is only going to carry them so far. .
  16. Yes, water truck, sometimes also available from the highway dept. or department of streets, or possibly from a private construction company. I suppose it might also be possible to rent, borrow, lease, a lawn spraying company truck and fill the tank with water. I'd think tapping into a fire hydrant is the easiest and simplest way to go. .
  17. I guess... But still, the reality is, Red customers are not getting fully functional cameras and are in fact working as testers for Red, regardless of what people's expectations have come to be based on marketing. Red has some huge wonderful imaging chip(set), OK. But, as a camera, it is not fully functional and by the time is IS, I'm guessing there will be other cameras that have similar design features. We'll see... .
  18. I discovered iMovie HD is capable of importing FLV files which I can then output as whatever I want. I'm guessing AVI files might also be acceptable to iMovie HD... .
  19. It's exactly that. Before you prove yourself, nobody will want to give you a dime. And even if you do, it's iffy. My advice is to figure out a way to self finance and find a great 90 page script and make a great low budget film - after making a bunch of great shorts. Then you can build on that. You can't expect other folks to guarantee your success by investing in a risky venture that's not even unique anymore. The days of film grants and backers sympathetic to up and coming filmmakers are over. YOU have to make it happen without (much) help which is a very lonely place to be in, but when you pull it off, everything changes. .
  20. I think it's light years away from being a fully functional camera system. By the time they get the bugs worked out, it'll be obsolete. So much for an "obsolete-proof" camera. .
  21. 1) The absolute best quality possible from the HVX200 is in 1080p mode. There is no upconversion in that camera. It makes 720 as a downconversion though. 2) Yes. 3) I use the M2 all the time with this camera and it works great but time is required to not only set it up but also to ensure focus is sharp all the time with both lenses. .
  22. As far as I can tell ALL filters that "modify" the look of footage as you describe operate on some variant of an approach that degrades the image quality. Diffusion filters, low con filters, mist filters, fog filters, all use either suspended particles in/on the filter glass or have certain characteristics within the glass itself that "spreads" the gamma and/or highlights. There are subtle differences between the various types of these filters, but really, they all operate on the same principle. There are tradeoffs when using these filters in that you lose sharpness and/or color saturation. .
  23. Four stops over is not too much for that particular filmstock. I think that's actually about right to achieve what you describe. I HATE white walls in practical locations and will almost always try to flag/tease or light so they're ideally underexposed from your key. It also depends on your composition how you deal with white walls. .
  24. Sounds like a good approach. One light source outside the window would be preferred. I'm not sure why you'd need to shoot the window in the windowless room since if you have "sunlight" in that room already it will be accepted that is IS sunlight coming through a window. .
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